Quotes About Consequences

You won't like hearing this, but sometimes you can't fix what you broke. Sometimes you just have to live with it.

Bend like a willow. You made it sound so simple." "It was simple." "Indeed. I bent and changed everything. This is going to have consequences.

Love is a worthy motivation, although you see how quickly it can sour into guilt.

We try to do right, and we ... we ... they gang up on us, fear and pain and revenge and ... and then we find we've done wrong.

How was the wolf to blame you if the sheep were roaming free?

Frightening, isn't it? That something I decide today impacts future generations. Beyond my own flesh and blood.

You are a coward." Stephen headed for the door. "If you lose her, it won't be because of this citizenship writ or all of the things she has to give up to be your wife. It won't be because you're some magnanimous chap who freed the bird who wanted to fly. It will be because you're afraid." He eased open the door. "And that will mark your reign for the rest of your life.

Set an example. Let this be another lesson to you. Don't do, say, post, or share anything on social media you'd not want anyone to see. That you wouldn't want someone to uncover ten, twenty years from now. It could hinder you from getting a job or some grand opportunity. Character and values matter, Imani.

Let's just say you may regret that second piece of cake.' Oh my God. Regret cake? Whatever was about to happen must be truly evil.

Deception may give us what we want for the present, but it will always take it away in the end.

I'd thought I'd be perceived as cool if I acted like I was up for anything. Instead I discovered that some things just aren't worth it.

I looked behind me to make sure my jeans hadn't caught on fire yet from all the lying.

Y'know, I cut my finger on a mandoline once. I stole it, so I guess the universe said, 'Bitch, please.

We warned you, Colette. You fucked around—and you found out.

Sweep everything under the rug for long enough, and you have to move right out of the house.

You would not have gone. I understand that. You would not have gone up to his room. You would not have asked him for help. You would not have been wandering lost at midnight at age eleven. You would have been safe and dry and asleep, at home with your mother and father who cared about you and had rules, curfews, expectations. Everything for you would have been different. But if you were me, you would have done what I did. You would have gone, hopeful and stupid, to get the money for the taxi.

As a human being, I know I can never hope to have the depth and breadth of perspective to know whether any of my actions will ultimately harm or heal.

Pat's been deserted -- have you heard that, darling? Do you think she'll take the veil or cocaine or something?

Sometimes you have to break a few rules in life, especially when the stakes are high enough.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were all given one do-over in life?" she murmured. "One free pass to go back and change one action, one decision, one thoughtless word?" He gave her a searching look, as if trying to figure out what moment she would alter. Finally he nodded. "One would be a start, I suppose, though I probably could use about a half dozen free passes." "Instead, we have to do our best to live with the consequences of our choices.

In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.

To tolerate it, in however slight a degree, to show leniency, however leniently disposed, would entail having recourse to still harsher measures to-morrow.

In doing this they are striking at the very foundations of the throne. These fools do not perceive that if that throne falls over, it is they who stand nearest to it who will be crushed.

There is nothing more dangerous than a desperate man who has nothing to loose.